Alhambra Music Hall

The Alhambra Music Hall was a popular theater complex located in the West End of London, England. The building opened on 18 March 1854, but it was rebuilt in 1858 in the Moorish style, and it was named the "Alhambra" for the Moorish palace in Spain. In 1860, the circus was replaced by a music hall, and it was bought and refurbished by Maxwell Roth in 1868. That year, Roth held a show called "Corvus the Trickster", in which he performed numerous dangerous stunts, culminating in his attempting to burn the theater to the ground. However, he was assassinated by Jacob Frye, who escaped the burning theater. The hall would have several more fires during the 19th century, and the building was demolished in 1936.